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You can refer to something that surrounds an object or situation as a shroud of something. [+ of] ⇒ ...a parked car huddled under a shroud of grey snow. [+ of] ⇒ Ministers are as keen as ever to wrap their activities in a shroud of secrecy.

3. verb

If something has been shroudedinmystery or secrecy, very little information about it has been made available. [beV-ed + in] ⇒ For years the teaching of acting has been shrouded in mystery. [V n] ⇒ ...the secrecy which has shrouded the whole affair.

shroudedgraded adjective [v-link ADJin n] ⇒ His demise is as shrouded in mystery as ever.

4. verb

If darkness, fog, or smokeshrouds an area, it covers it so that it is difficult to see. [V n] ⇒ Mist shrouded the outline of Buckingham Palace.

shroudedgraded adjective [v-link ADJin n] ⇒ The area is shrouded in smoke.

Example sentences containing 'shroud'

She was left in suddentotal darkness as the moon once more drew back behind a shroud of thick black cloud.Barbara Erskine HIDING FROM THE LIGHTValentin had carefully restitched the body and was replacing the shroud.Higgins, Jack A SEASON IN HELLThe mist is hanging over the valley, suffocating all sounds, enclosing the village below them in a thick shroud.Sara MacDonald SEA MUSICNone of the rooms that opened magically at Kyle's appearance held a Hanburial shroud made of preciousjade.Elizabeth Lowell JADE ISLAND